Clothes-pounder



(Model.)

D. C. JORDAN. Clothes Founder.

Patented Oct.

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IINTTED STATES DAVID C. JORDAN, OF PLUM HOLLOlV, IOWA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,976, dated October 5, 1880.

Application filed May 31, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID (l. JORDAN, otl Plum Hollow, in the county of Fremont and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and usef'ul Improvements in Clothes-Founders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in clothes-pounders; and it consistsin attaching to the valve a spiral spring which extends up through the tube on top of the cone, and connecting the upper end of this spring with the removable cover, whereby the valve may be entirely removed from the washer for the purpose ot' cleaning and drying the washer, so that after it has been put away there will he no water or moisture left in it to rust, as will he more fully described hereinafter.

Figure l is a vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is an inverted view of the same.

A represents a cone which has its lower portion divided into a number of chambers or spaces, B, and which has upon its top the two sockets, (l, for receiving the lower ends ot' the rods, which have the handle D rigidly secured to their upper ends. Rising from the top of the cone, and extending any suitable distance upward, is a tube, E, which has a number of perforations made through its top, and which is provided with a removable perforated cover, Placed in the top of the central chamber or compartment in the cone, and bearing tightly against the top thereof', is an atmosspheric valve, I, which has connected to it a coiled spring, J, which spring extends up through the tube and is fastened to the removable cover.

All of the chambers in the cone are connected together by means of air-holes a, so that any air which may be admitted through the valve will at once be equally distributed through all ot` the chambers, and thus make the operation of the washer equally effective in all parts.

The tension ofthe spring J should be regulated so that it will allow the pressure ot' the atmosphere to open the valve I after a partial vacuum has been formed in the cone, and instantlyolose the valve at'ter the conchas again been iilled with air. By forcing the cone downward upon the clothes in the water at a suitableinclination a portion ot' the air in the cone is displaced, and then, as the cone is raised upward, the pressure of the atmosphere on the valve overconies the tension of the spring and the cone becomes filled with air once more, when the valve again closes from the tension ofthe spring.

After the washing is done the springean be unhooked from the cover G and the spring and valve removed for the purpose ot" allowing the washer to be dried out, so that the valve will not rust.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a clothespounder, the combination ofthe cone A, the tube E, the valve I, spring J, and removable perforated cover G, the spring being attached to the cover at one end and to the valve at the other, whereby the valve and the spring can be removed from the pounder, substantially as shown and describet.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of May, 1880.

DAVID C. JORDAN.

Witnesses HENRY B. SoHooNovEa, JOHN T. PLAT'I. 

